Development of a lithium fluoride zinc sulfide based neutron multiplicity counter

Christian Cowles1,2, Spencer Behling1, Phoenix Baldez3, Micah Folsom4, Richard Kouzes1, Vladislav Kukharev1, Azaree Lintereur1,5, Sean Robinson1, Edward Siciliano1, Sean Stave1, Patrick Valdez1
1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
2Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, United States
3New Mexico University, Albuquerque, NM, United States
4University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
5University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

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